Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

Because Fianna Fáil has decided the ceremonies are an Ard-Fheis device to rally its troops and try to out-do the Sinn Féin Party. People will see it for what it is. If Fianna Fáil was serious about the 1916 commemoration, rather than turning it into a political football it would have established a cross-party forum to establish a consensus on how all parties and Independents in the House, and civic society, would wish to commemorate the 1916 Rising centenary.

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